WILL PAWN Is Mike a pawn of Mets COO Jeff Wilpon? Boomer Esiason allegedly claims Francesa is nothing more than Wilpon's mouthpiece, spewing the spin; a shill for the Mets. How does Boomer have this information? That's a question he should be made to answer. In other news, Mike won the ratings war with Michael Kaye -- surprise, surprise. See ya. Kaye!

Chris "Mad Dog" Russo  will host his daily all-sports show, " Mad Dog Unleashed" live from Nationals Park on  Monday, July 16  and  Tuesday, July 17  at  5:00 pm (eastern) , prior to the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game. Did this guy retire in 2008? He still has a radio show? 

Another irksome, foolish opinion Francesa holds is that it's better to LOSE in the earlier rounds of -- or not even make it to -- the NFL Playoffs than it is to lose in the Super Bowl. More nonsense. It's objectively better to finish SECOND in a race than it is to finish EIGHTH. That isn't debatable. It's not even something he's entitled to have an opinion about. It's FACT. Losing in a Super Bowl is a better result than not making it to the Super Bowl. PERIOD.

Francesa doesn't want Manny Machado on the Yankees. He doesn't think they need another right handed bat. Utter nonsense. Machado is incredibly productive and would nothing but help the Yankees. Do the Yankees have other needs? Yes. But that doesn't mean Machado wouldn't be beneficial.